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Desoto Civic Center
4560 Venture Drive Southaven MS
~8.16 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Audubon Park
Lakeland TN
~8.51 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Downtown Southaven (Neighborhood)
Southhaven MS
~9.29 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Lichterman Nature Center
5992 Quince Rd Memphis TN
~9.95 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Located in the heart of metropolitan Memphis, the Center features exciting new exhibits, lush gardens featuring native wildflowers and trees, and a tradition of excellence in environmental education set in the midst of 65 acres of lake, meadow, and forest.Lichterman Nature Center, a certified arboretum located in Memphis, Tennessee off Ridgeway at 5992 Quince Road in East Memphis. Lichterman Nature Center is one of the facilities within the Pink Palace Family of Museums. Family memberships thru the Pink Palace are honored at Lichterman Nature Center as well.Through environmental education and interpretation of native wildlife, Lichterman Nature Center fosters a sense of stewardship for the earth by heightening the visitor's appreciation and understanding of the natural world. The nat...
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Graceland Mansion
3734 Elvis Presley Blvd. Memphis TN
~10.58 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Graceland is a large white-columned mansion and 13.8-acre (56,000 m2) estate that was home to Elvis Presley in Memphis. It is located at 3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard in the vast Whitehaven community about twelve miles (19 km) from Downtown and less than four miles (6 km) north of the Mississippi border. It currently serves as a museum. It was opened to the public in 1982, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1991 and declared a National Historic Landmark on March 27, 2006.Elvis Presley died at the estate on August 16, 1977. Presley, his parents Gladys and Vernon Presley, and his grandmother, are buried there in what is called the Meditation Gardens.
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Graceland (Elvis' Home)
Cordova TN
~11.98 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Graceland is a large white-columned mansion and 13.8-acre (56,000 m2) estate that was home to Elvis Presley in Memphis. It is located at 3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard in the vast Whitehaven community about twelve miles (19 km) from Downtown and less than four miles (6 km) north of the Mississippi border. It currently serves as a museum. It was opened to the public in 1982, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1991 and declared a National Historic Landmark on March 27, 2006.Elvis Presley died at the estate on August 16, 1977. Presley, his parents Gladys and Vernon Presley, and his grandmother, are buried there in what is called the Meditation Gardens.
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Germantown
Germantown TN
~12.04 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Germantown is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 37,348 at the 2000 census.Germantown is a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee. Bordering Memphis to the east, Germantown's economy is dominated by the retail and commercial service sectors. There is no heavy industry in Germantown. In the city center is the "Old Germantown" neighborhood, anchored by a railroad depot (a 1948 reproduction of the 1868 original) and railroad tracks that recall the community's earliest days of development as an outpost along the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.Germantown, and areas around it, are dotted with larger horse farms, and smaller barns housing just a few horses.[citation needed] The City hosts many horse shows and competitions annually, most notably the Germantown Charity...
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Memphis Botanic Gardens Hardin Hall
Memphis TN
~12.09 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Traveler Description: Peaceful gardens offering beautiful scenery all year round.Attraction type: Garden, OtherAddress: 750 Cherry Road. Memphis, TN 38117Tel: 901 685 1566
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University of Memphis
Lakeland TN
~12.89 miles from Olive Branch city center
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The University of Memphis is an American public research university located in the Normal Station neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee and is the flagship public research university of the Tennessee Board of Regents system.The University was founded under the auspices of the General Education Bill, enacted by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1909.Known originally as West Tennessee State Normal School, the institution opened its doors September 10, 1912, with Dr. Seymour A. Mynders as President. A number of minor name changes occurred between 1912 and 1941, with the "West Tennessee State" name remaining at the forefront of each.In 1941, the name of the University changed, becoming Memphis State College. In 1950, graduate studies were initiated, and in 1954, the school switched from a q...
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Art Museum of the University of Memphis
Memphis TN
~13.15 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Tom Lee Park
Memphis TN
~13.68 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Pink Palace Museum
Memphis TN
~13.76 miles from Olive Branch city center
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This museum is housed in the Georgian marble home built in the 1920s by Clarence Sanders, founder of the Piggly Wiggly grocery store chain. Sanders never got to live here, and the city transformed the site into a complex of attractions, including the Sharpe Planetarium and an IMAX theater . The Pink Palace's exhibits cover topics ranging from dinosaurs to the Civil War, and from the early Spanish explorers to the evolution of medical research in Memphis.
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Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Lakeland TN
~14.16 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium is a football stadium located at the Mid-South Fairgrounds in Midtown Memphis, Tennessee, United States. The stadium is the site of the annual AutoZone Liberty Bowl, and is the home field of the University of Memphis Tigers football team. It has also been the host of several attempts at professional sports in the city, as well as other local football games and other gatherings.
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Mark Neel Field
Germantown TN
~14.37 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Baseball field
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Children's Museum of Memphis
Memphis TN
~14.37 miles from Olive Branch city center
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The Children's Museum of Memphis creates memorable learning experiences through the joy of play in hands-on exhibits and programs.Core Values• The intersection of play and hands-on learning• A positive impact on the community• A positive family experience• A complement to classroom education• Inclusiveness• Excellent customer service• Nurturing appropriate partnerships in the community• Following the best practices of the children’s museums fieldIncorporated in 1987, the museum is a private, nonprofit (classified as a 501(c)(3) organization) educational children’s museum.• 1985 Children’s Museum Planning Group formed.• 1987 The Children's Museum of Memphis incorporated as a private, nonprofit educational corporation.• 1988 The museum signed a lease with the ...
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Hard Rock Cafe
315 Beale St Memphis TN
~15.26 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Hard Rock Cafe is a chain of Theme Restaurants founded in 1971 by Americans Peter Morton & Isaac Tigrett. The first location opened near Hyde Park Corner in London, England. In 1979, the cafe began covering its walls with rock 'n' roll ephemera, a tradition which expanded to others in the chain. In 2006, Hard Rock was sold to the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Currently, there are 140 Hard Rock locations in over 40 countries.
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FedEx Forum - Memphis Grizzlies
191 Beale Street Memphis TN
~15.26 miles from Olive Branch city center
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FedExForum is an arena located in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. It is the home of the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA and the National Collegiate Athletic Association men's basketball program of the University of Memphis (the Tigers), both of whom previously played home games at the Pyramid Arena. The arena officially opened in September 2004 after much debate and also an Alberta clipper wind storm in July 22, 2003, that nearly brought down the cranes that were building it near the famed Beale Street. It was built at a cost of $250 million and is owned by the City of Memphis; naming rights were purchased by one of Memphis' most well-known business, FedEx, for $92 million. FedExForum was financed using $250 million of public bonds, which were issued by the Memphis Public Building Authority (PBA...
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Beale Street
Beale Street Memphis TN
~15.26 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Beale Street has been playing the blues for more than half a century. Named after an unknown military hero in 1841, it acted as General Ulysses S. Grant’s headquarters during the Civil War. But, Beale Street’s heyday was in the 1920’s, when the area took on a carnival atmosphere and gambling, drinking, prostitution, murder and voodoo thrived alongside the booming nightclubs, theaters, restaurants, stores, pawnshops and hot music. One club, The Monarch, was known as The Castle of Missing Men due to the fact that its gunshot victims and dead gamblers could be easily disposed of at the undertaker’s place that shared their back alley. In the early evenings, boxback suits and Stetson hats mingled with overalls. Young ladies began to sashay around and inside the bars, gamblers waited for an easy...
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Le Bonheur Cordova Urgent Care
8035 Club Pkwy Cordova TN - 901-758-6000
~15.48 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Overton Park and Zoo
Millington TN
~15.50 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Overton Park is a large, 342-acre public park in Midtown Memphis, Tennessee. The park grounds contain the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis Zoo, a 9-hole golf course, Memphis College of Art, Rainbow Lake, Veterans Plaza, Greensward, and other features. The Old Forest Arboretum of Overton Park, one of the few remaining old growth forests in Tennessee, is a natural arboretum with labeled trees along trails.Overton Park was designed by landscape architect George Kessler as part of a comprehensive plan that also included M.L. King Riverside Park and the Memphis Parkway System. The planning began in 1901, and Overton Park was established in 1906.[1] The park is named for John Overton, a co-founder of Memphis.[2]In the 1960s and 1970s Overton Park was the subject of controversy when 26...
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Stax Museum of American Soul Music
Memphis TN
~15.52 miles from Olive Branch city center
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The Stax Museum of American Soul Music is a museum located in Memphis, Tennessee, at 926 McLemore Avenue, the former location of Stax Records. It is operated by Soulsville USA, which also operates the adjacent Stax Music Academy.After Stax Records went bankrupt and closed in 1976, the Stax studio was sold by the Union Planters Bank to Southside Church of God in Christ, located nearby on McLemore Avenue. Except for a brief time when it was used as a soup kitchen, it was allowed to deteriorate so it was torn down in 1989. The neighborhood had deteriorated badly and by 1998, a group of concerned people and anonymous philanthropists spearheaded a nonprofit revitalization effort for the area which was dubbed Soulsville after the slogan "Soulsville U.S.A." which Stax called its studio on its...
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Autozone Park
200 Union Ave Memphis TN
~15.85 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Memphis TN
~15.87 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is an art museum in Memphis, Tennessee. The Brooks Museum, which was founded in 1916, is the oldest and largest art museum in the state of Tennessee. The museum is a privately funded nonprofit institution located in Overton Park in Midtown Memphis.The original Beaux-Arts building, a registered U.S. National Landmark designed by James Gamble Rogers in 1913, was donated by Bessie Vance Brooks in memory of her husband, Samuel Hamilton Brooks. The cylindrical extension, opened in 1955, was designed by Memphis architect Everett Woods. The Brooks’ facilities also include the Brooks Museum Store, the Brushmark Restaurant, the Holly Court garden, and a grand terrace that overlooks the greens and trees of Overton Park.The facility consists of 29 galleries, art class...
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Business District (Neighborhood)
Millington TN
~16.09 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Rhodes College
Millington TN
~16.25 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Rhodes College is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Founded in 1848, Rhodes enrolls approximately 1,700 students. About one third of Rhodes students go on to graduate or professional school soon after graduation. The acceptance rates of Rhodes alumni to law and business schools are around 95%, and the acceptance rate to medical schools is nearly twice the national average.Rhodes College is featured in Loren Pope's Colleges That Change Lives[4] and on the cover of the 2008 Princeton Review Complete Book of Colleges
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Memphis Zoo
Memphis TN
~16.34 miles from Olive Branch city center
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The Memphis Zoo, located in Midtown Memphis, Tennessee, is home to more than 3,500 animals representing over 500 different species. Created in April 1906, the zoo has been a major tenant of Overton Park for more than 100 years. The land currently designated to the Memphis Zoo was defined by the Overton Park master plan in 1988, it is owned by the City of Memphis. The zoo is set on 76 acres (0.31 km2), of which approximately 55 acres (0.22 km2) are developed.In 2008, the Memphis Zoo was ranked "#1 Zoo in the U.S." by TripAdvisor.com. The ranking was based on visitor opinions.Since the early 1990s, the Memphis Zoo has invested over $77 million for renovation and expansion. The zoo's animal inhabitants reside in three zones with 19 exhibits, such as Teton Trek, Northwest Passage and China...
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Sun Studio
Memphis TN
~17.03 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Sun Studio was opened by rock pioneer Sam Phillips at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, on January 3, 1950. It was originally called Memphis Recording Service, sharing the same building with the Sun Records label business. Reputedly the first rock-and-roll single, Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats' "Rocket 88" was recorded there in 1951 with song composer Ike Turner on keyboards, leading the studio to claim status as the birthplace of rock & roll. Blues and R&B artists like Howlin' Wolf, Junior Parker, Little Milton, B.B. King, James Cotton, Rufus Thomas, and Rosco Gordon recorded there in the early 1950s.Rock-and-roll, country music, and rockabilly artists, including unknowns recording demos and others like Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Charlie Feathers...
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Hunt Phelan Home
Memphis TN
~17.14 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Built mostly by slave labor in 1828, the Hunt-Phelan Home displays a rich and elegant past. Several hundred slaves were taught English by members of the Freedmen's Bureau at an on-ite school house.
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Woodruff Fontaine House
Memphis TN
~17.32 miles from Olive Branch city center
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This 1870s house is part of Victorian Village , where the few homes in Memphis dating from the 1800s have been preserved and restored. In addition to the furniture and decorative arts displayed inside, the house also has an exhibit of clothing from the Victorian era. Look at the cinched waists and layers of velvet and wonder how the Victorian ladies survived the hot Memphis summers. Tours are held every half hour.
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Mallory Neely House
Memphis TN
~17.35 miles from Olive Branch city center
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The Mallory-Neely House is a historic residence on 652 Adams Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. It is located in the Victorian Village of Memphis.Around 1852, the mansion was built in the Italian villa-style architecture. From 1852 until 1969, the mansion was home to the families of Isaac Kirtland, Benjamin Babb, James C. Neely, Daniel Grant and Barton Lee Mallory.In the 1880s and 1890s, the house was extensively renovated. During the renovation, the original two and one half stories of the building were extended to three full stories and the tower of the building was enlarged. After the renovation, the house consisted of 25 rooms. The Neely family decorated the mansion in the Victorian style, with parquet flooring, ornamental plasterwork and ceiling stenceling.In 1969, the last re...
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